FACULTY RECRUITMENT TEST

CATEGORY-D
Formal School Education/IX, X / NSEJS/NTSE/ Foundation
for KVPY, Senior Olympiads, JEE Main & JEE Advanced

Mental Ability Test (MAT)

PAPER-A
Time: 1 Hour Maximum Marks: 40

Name:................................................................................. Marks:

Subject:…………………………...........................................

Instructions
 Attempt all questions.
 PAPER-A has only one part. Each question carries two marks.
 Calculators and log tables are not permitted.

Directions (14): Six friends are sitting around a circular table at equal distance from each other. Sita is
sitting two places right of Gita who is exactly opposite to Nita. Nita is on immediate left of Lata, who is exactly
opposite to Rita. Mita is also sitting at the table.

1. Who is the only person sitting between Gita and Sita ?

(A) Rita (B) Mita
(C) Lata (D) Nita

2. Sita is not sitting at equal distance from

(A) Rita and Nita (B) Lata and Gita
(C) Mita and Lata (D) all of these

3. Gita is sitting to the

(A) left of Mita (B) right of Rita
(C) left of Rita (D) right of Nita

4. The angle subtended by Mita and Nita at the centre of the table is
(A) 60° (B) 120°
(C) 90° (D) 180°

5. A rat runs 20m towards east and turns to right, runs 10m and turns to right, runs 9m and again turns
to left, runs 5m and turns to left, runs 12m and finally turns to left and runs 6m. Now which direction is
the rat facing ?
(A) east (B) west
(C) north (D) north-east

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Direction: (69): In the following figure, rectangle, square, circle and triangle represent the region of wheat,
gram, maize and rice cultivation respectively. On the basis of the given figure, answer the following questions.
B
3 1
2
4 8
5 7 9
6 10
11

6. Which area is cultivated by all the four commodities?

(A) 7 (B) 8
(C) 9 (D) 2

7. Which area is cultivated by wheat and maize only?

(A) 8 (B) 6
(C) 5 (D) 4

8. Which area is cultivated by maize only?

(A) 10 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4

9. Which area is cultivated by rice and maize and nothing else?

(A) 9 (B) 8
(C) 2 (D) 7

10. A 4 digit number is formed by repeating a 2-digit number such as 2525,3232, etc. Any number of this
form is always exactly divisible by:
(A) 7 (B) 11
(C) 13 (D) smallest 3-digit prime number

11.
4 6 3 5

24 576 15 ?

(A) 45 (B) 75
(C) 105 (D) 225

12. Satellites are to planet as planets are to

(A) Sun (B) Earth
(C) Moon (D) Solar System

13. Altimeter : Height :: lactometer : ?

(A) Milk (B) Water
(C) Oil (D) Mercury

Directions (14-16):
(i) A and B play football and Hockey
(ii) C and D play Badminton and Cricket
(iii) B and C play Cricket and Football
(iv) A and D play Hockey and Badminton

14. One who plays Badminton, Football and Hockey

(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

15. One who plays Badminton, Football and Cricket

(A) A (B) B

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(C) C (D) D
16. One who plays Cricket, Football and Hockey
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

Direction (17 – 18): Read the following sequence of letters

a b ab b aa b ab a aa c c a b ab b aa a b
17. How many a’s are preceded by ‘b’ and followed by ‘a’?
(A) 1 (B) 4
(C) 3 (D) 2

18. How many b’s are preceded and followed by ‘a’?

(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 5 (D) 4

19. If ‘Ring’ is called ‘Necklace’, ‘Necklace’ is called a ‘Chain’, ‘Chain’ is called ‘Earring’ and ‘Earring’ is
called ‘Wrist-band’, which of the following would be worn in the finger?
(A) Ring (B) Necklace
(C) Wrist-band (D) Earring

20. If ‘Rain’, is ‘Water’, ‘Water’ is ‘Road’, ‘Road’ is ‘Cloud’, ‘Cloud’ is ‘Sky’, ‘Sky’ is ‘Sea’ and ‘Sea’ is
‘Path’, where do aeroplanes fly?
(A) Road (B) Sea
(C) Cloud (D) Water

21. If 4  8 = 42 ; 6  4 = 23 ; 8  6 = 34, then 2  4 = ?

(A) 25 (B) 21
(C) 26 (D) 42

22.
?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Directions (2324): Choose the odd one out:

23. (A) square (B) rectangle

(C) triangle (D) cube

24. (A) pen (B) calculator

(C) pencil (D) ink

25. If 5  9 = 144 ; 7  8 = 151 ; 4  6 = 102, then 2  5 = ?

(A) 73 (B) 77
(C) 37 (D) 97

26. If TABLE is coded as GZYOV, how is JUICE coded?

(A) OZLFJ (B) QFRXV
(C) HOFAD (D) QZHMT

27. Four words have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and the fourth one is
different. Choose out the odd one.
(A) geometry (B) algebra

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(C) trigonometry (D) mathematics

Directions (28 – 31): In each of the following questions, one term is wrong. Find out the wrong them.

28. 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 64

(A) 17 (B) 26
(C) 37 (D) 64

29. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 96

(A) 96 (B) 64
(C) 16 (D) 32

30. 24, 27, 31, 33, 36, 39

(A) 24 (B) 27
(C) 31 (D) 33

31. How many triangles are contained in

the figure given ?
(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 12

32. Complete the blanks in the series _yzzy_xyz_y_xy_z_x

(A) xxxzyy (B) yzyxxz
(C) xxzxzy (D) zyxxzy

33. How many parallelogram are there in

the figure given ?
(A) 16
(B) 17
(C) 19
(D) 18

34. Find the number of rectangles in the

figure ?
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9

35. Complete the blanks in the series ab_acbca_ac_bc_

(A) cbab (B) caab
(C) cbba (D) cacb

36. How many triangles are contained in

the figure ?
(A) 11
(B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 16

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37. How many squares does the figure

contain? Without the shaded figure ?
(A) 16
(B) 9
(C) 25
(D) 49

38. What is the numbers of straight lines in

the figure ?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 14

Find the correct logical sequence.

39. (a) country (b) furniture (c) forest (d) wood (e) trees
(A) (a), (c), (e), (d), (b) (B) (a), (d), (c), (b), (e)
(C) (b), (d), (c), (a), (e) (D) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e)

40. (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Universe (c) Tirupathi (d) World (e) India
(A) (a), (e), (b), (c), (d) (B) (c), (a), (e), (d), (b)
(C) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) (D) (a), (b), (c), (e), (d)

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